Relatives in Descent is the fourth studio album by Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr. Released September 8, 2017, the album is the band’s first for Domino Recording Company after recording their previous two albums for Hardly Art.

In addition to the new label, the album reflects a departure from the previous albums sonically and even philosophically, with Casey’s lyrics showing broader, more abstract reach than past efforts while also offering more pointed political statements than previous tunes.

We knew we wanted to go someplace different to record than the previous two records, so we wouldn’t get in a rut. We also wanted to see if our sound could survive different locations and different people producing it. It was important to not have anyone with too heavy of a hand. What was so great about [co-producer] Sonny [DiPerri] was that he was very locked in to what we wanted.

We wanted to record somewhere warm and we went to California. Usually, we are recording in Michigan and it is characteristically cold.